Le Vie dei Tesori returns to Catania and Acireale

The Streets of Treasures promuove quest’anno a Catania its sixth edition, exceptionally opening two ancient spa complexes, but also forgotten churches, noble palaces, private collections, and a series of nature experiences, in contact with animals, on lava and in gardens. Con la vicina Acireale which participates with a series of new places and workshops. Here's the festival again, so, and Saturday 7 ottobre a domenica 5 November, five weekends, always Saturday and Sunday. A new edition of the "reappropriation of beauty" festival that tells the story of the entire island.

THE STREETS OF TREASURES FESTIVAL

The project, born in 2006 in Palermo, si è progressivamente esteso all’intera Sicilia e oltre. Beyond 450 treasures that can be visited in over two months of festival, with a digital and smart system. Noble palaces, secret terraces, monasteries, churches and crypts, gardens, science museums. Places mostly usually closed or untold. The festival offers citizens an alliance in the name of culture, of knowledge, of the reappropriation of spaces. And on the contrary, offers tourists the opportunity to visit open cities, tell, full of new perspectives. A civil commitment, even before being cultural.

Quest’anno riaccoglie il progetto satellite Lands of Treasures: they open cellars, vineyards, oil mills, dairies, nurseries, in collaboration with the regional Department of Agriculture, trenta aziende siciliane per la maggior parte di terza generazione, all to discover and visit. It will also be possible to visit Catania from Palermo with AutoService buses.

THE PROGRAM

CATANIA. If the city will be the owner of ancient spas, hidden churches, noble palaces, the province will be a true immersion in nature. Many places are back by popular demand, nel programma costruito per il secondo anno da Alessandra Fabretti, realizzato con la collaborazione del Common, della Diocese e del Archaeological park of Catania and Aci Valley. Le visite partono proprio dalla sede istituzionale per eccellenza, Palace of the Elephants which hides eighteenth-century frescoes, baroque decorations and works of art. The two ancient spa complexes in the heart of the city are highly anticipated: le Terme dell'Adrizzo, remains of a Roman complex probably from the 2nd century; le Rotonda thermal baths identified by the prince of Biscari under a Byzantine church, the Ardizzone Gioeni Institute with its neo-Gothic cloister and a small church with strange mosaics, but also the new garden which will be visited for the first time and which was recovered with the help of the Sigonella military.

Another nice surprise will be there church of the Holy Trinity che è quasi sempre chiusa: against a background of organ and violin, an eighteenth-century jewel with a choir that will make you fall in love. E il sanctuary of Santa Maria dell'Aiuto which houses an icon of the Madonna and Child, believed miraculous and escaped the earthquake. Un luogo inedito è anche il Multimedia tactile hub where the monuments are reconstructed – from the Colosseum to Stonehenge to name just two – all worth touching

Ed eccoci alle experiences, strong point of the festival, a way to take back the space, dedicating time to yourself. Magari scoprendo che sull’Etna c’è Gjmàla, un allevamento di … dromedaries e che questi “camelidi” non si sentono affatto stranieri. I funghi giapponesi Shiitake coltivati tra i trucioli di castagno nelle grotte laviche – che l’anno scorso furono una delle novità del festival – sono cresciuti e danno ricovero alle api (an extraordinary project that combines sustainability with well-being, lo firma Basilio Busà): they will let you taste both the honey and the jam and the chestnut beer.

ACIREALE

Acireale this year he has built a dense and beautiful program, ten places and even seventeen experiences, with the support of Common. The exhibition will be open to the public from Treasure Museum of the Basilica of San Sebastiano, four rooms that house the jewels with which the simulacrum of the saint carried in procession is adorned; ma una vera sorpresa sarà il Episcopal seminary dove si visiteranno le aule con reperti minerali e animali impagliati, the ancient library and the "red" chapel and they will explain what an epidiascope is, apparecchio per proiezioni di inizi ‘900. It's still, i luoghi che sono una certezza, the biblioteca Zelantea con i suoi 250 mila volumi, incunaboli, manoscritti, edizioni rare; the chiesa di San Benedetto con le rifiniture in oro sulle pareti e sul soffitto; la barocca San Francesco di Paola, costruita anche grazie al lavoro forzato dei carcerati; la delicata e “femminile” chiesa settecentesca di San Raffaele progettata per un collegio domenicano.

Ecco le esperienze: a partire dalle più particolari, come la lezione di cosmesi antica di Clara Russo a Santa Venera al Pozzo. Ma si potrà ascoltare un famoso violinista come Sebastiano Battiato nella Basilica of St. Peter and Paul; seguire un percorso sensoriale tra vino e piante aromatiche nell’ex convento Batia of the Archangel Gabriel (and you will taste freshly picked pomegranate juice). And then follow the trail of the "nevaroli" who once made ice cream and sorbet; you will discover the papier-mâché processing methods with a "master" like Alberto Siracusa and the children will model the clay with the archaeologists.

The program is rich The Streets of Treasures

Gives Villa Maria you can easily reach Catania by car and by train (the railway station is just a few meters away) in about 20 minutes. Acireale, The elementary particles, it's just a short drive away 15 minutes. The elementary particles, The elementary particles, 10 minutes.